There’s always a Friday night party to be found in the city, and every weekend warrior from Bayonne to Bay Shore knows it. Tonight’s 10-year anniversary bash for concert and party promoter GBH, however, caters to hipsters, scenesters, post-punkers, mods – and everyone who knows the difference and generally lets loose on weeknights. On hand, (or more accurately onstage), will be LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, LA Riots, Grandmaster Flash and a surprise “special late-night performance” at midnight. While it isn’t always easy getting into smaller-venue GBH parties – where Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Kylie Minogue have made the rounds – almost everyone should make the cut at the 40,000-square-foot, 2,500-person-capacity Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St.; (212) 353-1600. Tickets are $10 at gbh.tv and doors open at 9 p.m.

IT’S JOHNNY UTAH’S BY A NOSE

SPORTS – May 17

The Kentucky Derby saw plenty of drama a couple weeks ago, and it’s a safe bet that watching the Preakness on Johnny Utah’s three 150-inch TVs should be exciting, too – especially considering the bar/restaurant will be giving away two tickets to the Belmont Stakes on June 7. (The Preakness is tomorrow at 6:10 p.m., but the party starts at 3:30 p.m.) There will also be deejays spinning throughout the day, free rides on the restaurant’s mechanical bull, and drink specials including $5 Jack Daniel’s for the studs and margaritas for the fillies. Though the restaurant doesn’t encourage gambling, there is an OTB on the same concourse. But by all means, if your steak has whip marks, send it back! 25 W. First St.; (212) 265-8824.

NOTHING LIKE THE FIRST TIME

FILM – May 18

“The Virgin Suicides” (1999), unreeling Sunday at BAM, was Sofia Coppola’s first time in the director’s chair. She has helmed two more films but has yet to top this assured story of five blond teenage sisters living in suburbia, who are driven to suicide by their repressive mother (Kathleen Turner) and ineffectual dad (James Woods). Kirstin Dunst is hot as one of the sisters. BAM Rose Cinemas, which is showing the film as part of a salute to cinematographer Ed Lachman, is at 30 Lafayette Ave., off Flatbush Avenue, in Brooklyn; bam.org – V.A. Musetto

TALK ABOUT A GOOD IDEA

TALK – May 18

Filmmaker Harmony Korine, actor/comedian David Cross , Whitney Museum of Art curator Shamim M. Momin and many others discuss ideas, creativity and the art of artistry at the fifth Creativity Now Conference, tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 6:30 p.m. About 2,000 people typically attend this lecture and Q&A series sponsored by Tokion magazine at Cooper Union, 30 Cooper Square, at the Bowery and Sixth Street. Tickets are $45 per day or $75 for both days; tokion.com, (646) 723-4510.

TATTOO YOU

INK – May 16

The 11th Annual New York Tattoo Convention gets under way today at 4 p.m., and while it’s a good idea to think before you ink, what better place to get branded than here, where roughly 100 artists will be plying their trade today through Sunday. The less adventuresome can shop for T-shirts, wall art and jewelry, and watch tattoo competitions beginning at 3 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday. Single-day tickets are $18, two-day access is $25, passes for the entire run are $35, and all tickets are available at the door only. (For a list of participants, see nyctattooconvention.com.) Roseland Ballroom, 239 W. 52nd St.; (212) 489-8350.

PHAROAH DYNAMIC

JAZZ – May 16

Tenor-sax giant Pharoah Sanders, was born Ferrell Sanders. He got the name he became famous with from Sun Ra. Earlier, when he moved to Oakland, Calif., after high school, he was known as “Little Rock,” after his hometown. But there has never been anything little about Sanders – his stature or his sound. A veteran of John Coltrane’s mid-’60s free jazz groups, Sanders had a hard time when he first moved to New York in 1961 – even pawning his sax at one point. He got it back, thankfully, and also went on to evolve and expand his musical styles, excelling in all. Today and tomorrow, he’s finishing a several-show gig at Birdland (315 W. 44th St.; [212] 475-3080). Shows are at 8:30 and 11 p.m.; $35 and $45; $10 minimum.